V Russian Football Championship (1996), Third League (Tretiya Liga)


The Russian Championship in the Third League is over. Following teams got promotion to the Second League:

They are replaced by relegated from there Olimp (Kislovodsk), Turbostroitel' (Kaluga), Dinamo (St.Petersburg), Kosmos (Dolgoprudny), Zenit (Izhevsk), Zenit (Penza), Asmaral (Moscow) and Industriya (Borovsk).


The Third League has six regional zones:

  1. South / Caucasus
  2. Central / South
  3. Moscow Region
  4. West
  5. Central / Volga Region
  6. Ural Region



1st Zone (South/Caucasus)
GP W D L GF-GA Pts. 1. SPARTAK Anapa 34 26 2 6 105-24 80 Promoted 2. VENETS Gul'kevichi 34 21 4 9 62-32 67 Promoted ----------------------------------------------------------- 3. Dinamo-B Stavropol' 34 19 6 9 56-44 63 4. Lokomotiv Mineral'nyye Vody 34 18 7 9 58-35 61 5. Nart Cherkessk 34 18 5 11 49-34 59 6. Dinamo-Imamat Makhachkala 34 17 7 10 56-42 58 7. Kuban'-B Krasnodar 34 18 3 13 72-59 57 8. Anzhi-B Makhachkala 34 17 3 14 67-56 54 9. FC Mozdok 34 16 4 14 66-42 52 10. Astratex Astrakhan' 34 15 7 12 55-51 52 11. Nart Nartkala 34 14 5 15 51-43 47 12. FC Derbent 34 13 8 13 44-37 47 13. Kaberdey-ZET Nizhny Cherek 34 11 12 11 50-52 45 14. Kommunalnik/Druzhba-B Maykop 34 11 3 20 49-53 36 15. Spartak-B Nal'chik 34 7 5 22 37-87 26 16. Beshtau Lermontov 34 7 5 22 33-94 26 17. Uralan-B Elista 34 7 2 25 25-97 23 18. Gofra Digora 34 6 2 26 33-86 20 Top scorers ----------- 23 - Gennady Korkin (Spartak An) 21 - Alexander Kamentsev (Venets) Narvik Sirkhayev (Dinamo-Imamat) 19 - Timur Zakirov (Spartak An) 18 - Sultan Chochuyev (Kaberdey-ZET) Reports
2nd Zone (Center/South)
GP W D L GF-GA Pts. 1. SALYUT Belgorod 32 24 5 3 73-22 77 Promoted 2. DINAMO/ZHEMCHUZHINA-C Sochi 32 23 3 6 90-42 72 Promoted ----------------------------------------------------------- 3. Avangard/Kolos Taganrog 32 18 6 8 53-29 60 4. Spartak-Bratsky Yuzhny 32 17 5 10 55-37 56 5. Kuban' Slavyansk-na-Kubani 32 17 5 10 56-44 56 6. Zvezda Gorodishche 32 15 10 7 56-35 55 7. Lokomotiv Yelets 32 16 5 11 68-36 53 8. Shakhtyor Shakhty 32 15 6 11 41-31 51 9. Niva Slavyansk 32 15 4 13 53-43 49 10. Izumrud Timashevsk 32 14 3 15 62-57 45 11. Metallurg Krasny Sulin 32 12 6 14 46-45 42 12. Zhemchuzhina-B Sochi 32 11 4 17 55-64 37 13. Dinamo Mikhaylovka 32 11 3 18 41-57 36 14. Rotor-B Volgograd 32 7 7 18 37-71 28 15. APK Morozovsk 32 7 1 24 32-86 22 16. Chernomorets-B Novorossiysk 32 6 3 23 31-94 21 17. Rostselmash-B Rostov-na-Donu 32 3 6 23 30-86 15 Top scorers ----------- 29 - Stanislav Dubrovin (Dinamo/Zhemchuzhina-C) 20 - Alexander Bocharnikov (Kuban' S/K) Igor Stasyuk (Izumrud) 15 - Vladimir Grishchenko (Niva) 14 - Alexander Sedov (Avangard/Kolos) Reports
3rd Zone (Moscow Region)
GP W D L GF-GA Pts. 1. Dinamo-B Moscow 36 28 4 4 86-26 88 ** 2. AVTOMOBILIST Noginsk 36 26 5 5 81-27 83 Promoted 3. MOSENERGO Moscow 36 25 6 5 77-20 81 Promoted ------------------------------------------------------------- 4. Spartak-B Moscow 36 25 6 5 85-31 81 ** 5. Torpedo-B Moscow 36 19 9 8 60-34 66 ** 6. Roda Moscow 36 19 6 11 71-51 63 7. Avangard-Kortek Kolomna 37 18 4 15 49-45 58 8. Fabus Bronnitsy 37 16 7 14 50-54 55 9. Mashinostroitel Sergiyev Posad 37 15 8 14 53-57 53 10. Monolit Moscow 36 12 10 14 38-41 46 11. CSKA-B Moscow 37 11 11 15 48-54 44 12. TorgMash Lyubertsy 36 11 9 16 39-54 42 13. Titan Reutov 36 11 7 18 41-57 40 14. Dinamo-C Moscow 36 10 7 19 40-54 37 15. Krasnogvardeyets Moscow 36 9 9 18 30-50 36 16. Oka Kolomna 36 9 9 18 31-67 36 17. FC Obninsk 36 6 11 19 32-71 29 18. Chertanovo Moscow 37 6 9 22 23-63 27 19. Smena Moscow 36 5 9 22 24-66 24 20. Lokomotiv-B Moscow 37 5 8 24 29-65 23 ** B team, cannot be promoted. Top scorers ----------- 24 - Sergey Artyomov (Dinamo-B) 22 - Sergey Bespalykh (Avangard-Kortek) 20 - Igor Reutov (Avtomobilist) 19 - Anatoly Balaluyev (Avtomobilist) 17 - Alexander Samorodov (MosEnergo) Reports
4th Zone (West)
GP W D L GF-GA Pts. 1. FC OREKHOVO Orekhovo-Zuyevo 30 19 6 5 58-25 63 Promoted 2. VOLGA Tver' 30 18 9 3 42-21 63 Promoted ---------------------------------------------------------- 3. FC Oryol 30 17 11 2 48-15 62 4. Torpedo Vladimir 30 17 4 9 47-35 55 5. Dinamo Bryansk 30 14 10 6 52-27 52 6. Mashinostroitel' Pskov 30 14 6 10 38-32 48 7. Neftyanik Yaroslavl' 30 13 8 9 44-29 47 8. Zenit-B St.Petersburg 30 11 7 12 29-28 40 9. Luch Tula 30 10 8 12 40-29 38 10. Lokomotiv-B St.Petersburg 30 10 7 13 32-44 37 11. Spartak Bryansk 30 7 10 13 43-52 31 12. Kristall Dyat'kovo 30 6 9 15 23-44 27 13. Bulat Cherepovets 30 6 8 16 22-40 26 14. Karelia-Erzi Petrozavodsk 30 5 9 16 24-49 24 15. Spartak Kostroma 30 5 8 17 20-52 23 16. Volochanin Vyshny Volochek 30 6 4 20 19-59 22 Top scorers ----------- 16 - Vladimir Khakhalev (Torpedo Vl) 15 - Ruslan Usikov (Dinamo Br) 14 - Igor Aksyonov (Neftyanik Yar) Valery Korneyev (Spartak Br) 12 - Sergey Ulezlo (Volga Tv) Reports
5th Zone (Central/Volga Region)
GP W D L GF-GA Pts. 1. SPARTAK Tambov 30 20 8 2 74-17 68 Promoted 2. VOLGA Ulyanovsk 30 20 7 3 63-14 67 Promoted ---------------------------------------------------------- 3. Salyut Saratov 30 16 9 5 45-25 57 4. Energetik Uren' 30 15 7 8 41-32 52 5. Kristall Sergach 30 14 5 11 50-32 47 6. Metallurg Vyksa 30 12 9 9 36-31 45 7. Biokhimik/Mordovia Saransk 30 12 7 11 40-32 43 8. Stroitel' Morshansk 30 11 8 11 38-38 41 9. Iskra Engels 30 11 6 13 44-47 39 10. Progress Zelyonodol'sk 30 10 8 12 42-44 38 11. Khimik Dzerzhinsk 30 9 11 10 24-31 38 12. Volga Balakovo 30 10 6 14 31-49 36 13. Neftyanik Pokhvistnyovo 30 8 9 13 36-48 33 14. Druzhba Yoshkar-Ola 30 7 9 14 28-48 30 15. KranEx Ivanovo 30 2 8 20 21-75 14 16. Lokomotiv-B Nizhny Novgorod 30 2 5 23 15-65 11 Top scorers ----------- 25 - Alexander Khal'zov (Spartak Tm) 19 - Sergey Pervushin (Spartak Tm) 15 - Vladimir Nosov (Kristall) Reports
6th Zone (Ural Region)
GP W D L GF-GA Pts. 1. SODOVIK Sterlitamak 24 18 1 5 49-16 55 Promoted 2. URALETS Nizhny Tagil 24 17 3 4 51-17 54 Promoted ---------------------------------------------------------- 3. Metiznik Magnitogorsk 24 16 3 5 54-23 51 4. Dinamo Perm' 24 15 6 3 56-16 51 5. Gazovik Orenburg 24 12 2 10 32-29 38 6. Neftyanik Bugul'ma 24 10 4 10 38-27 34 7. Trubnik Kamensk-Ural'sky 24 9 7 8 33-39 34 8. Elektron Vyatskiye Polyany 24 8 7 9 28-30 31 9. Dinamo-Gazovik-B Tyumen' 24 8 3 13 24-46 27 10. Gornyak Kushva 24 7 4 13 19-37 25 11. Gornyak Kachkanar 24 7 1 16 23-48 22 12. Uralmash-B Yekaterinburg 24 4 3 17 27-58 15 13. KamAZ-B Naberezhnyye Chelny 24 2 2 20 18-66 8 Top scorers ----------- 13 - Konstantin Ilyinykh (Dinamo Pr) 12 - Yury Petrov (Dinamo Pr) Alexey Alexeyev (Uralets) 11 - Sergey Balandin (Metiznik) 9 - Dmitry Zakharov (Gornyak Kch) Reports


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